Monday, January 26, 2015

All roads in NYC close to non-emergency personnel at 11 p.m. Monday. Shown: Traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge at the start of the Blizzard of 2015. Photo by MK Metz

Because of the Great Blizzard of 2015, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are shutting the city and downstate NY down tonight at 11 p.m.

“Make preparations to get home ... before the worst of the
storm hits,” de Blasio said. “We need cars off the road so that our equipment
can do its work and keep streets passable for emergency vehicles.”

De Blasio issued a Winter Weather Emergency Declaration restricting travel by all
except emergency personnel beginning at 11 p.m. New York City subways and buses will operate only local service beginning at 8 p.m.

Mass transit, trains and buses will be suspended and a travel ban will go into effect at 11
p.m on all local and state roads in the following 13 counties: Bronx, Dutchess,
Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland,
Suffolk, Ulster, and Westchester.

Long Island Rail Road, Metro North, Staten Island Railroad service will be suspended beginning at approximately 11 p.m. until further notice. PATH service will operate on a weekend schedule beginning at 9 p.m. and be suspended at 11 p.m. until further notice.